Two Kids and A Career

Do you know if your child’s school has clean drinking water? Julia Geskey is a clean water advocate with Environment Missouri, and she works to ensure there is safe, clean drinking water across the state. Right now, this means working to get the lead out of schools and childcare centers.

While this is an often-overlooked issue, it’s so important to make sure our kids are not being exposed to this toxic chemical at the place they go to learn and play every day. Environment Missouri just released a "Get the Lead Out" toolkit for parents, teachers, and community members. It includes a fact sheet, sample materials for taking action, and links to additional resources. Most importantly, the toolkit identifies new sources of funding available to school districts to prevent lead contamination.

On this week’s episode, Julia and Jill Devine discuss the harmful effects of lead and the ladies also discuss what parents can do to help advocate for their child.

Jill would like to acknowledge and recognize the hard work moms put in on the daily. It can be a thankless job at times, and Jill wants these moms to know their worth, so she created the Supermom Shoutout, brought to you by Addy’s Way. Each recipient will receive a custom designed Supermom tote from Addy’s Way, in addition to the Shoutout. This week’s Supermom Shoutout goes to Jane Timme of St. Peters, MO. Her daughter, Elise, nominated her:

My mom is my hero. She raised my brother and me as a single mom, struggling every month, but always made the best childhood for us. She has battled lung cancer by herself, working through her entire treatment and is now fighting lymphoma. She sold the house she's lived in for the last 30 years and moved a block away from me. I can imagine how hard that was, but I love having her close. She is the best mom and nana we could ever ask for. She loves us with her whole heart and is the person I turn to on the worst days to make things better. She's taught me to be strong and independent. She is the strongest momma I know, and I am so blessed to have her as a mom and best friend.

Jane - YOU are seen and YOU are supported!

To nominate a Supermom (or you can nominate yourself) email hello@jilldevine.com. Submit the name of the Supermom, where they're from, and a brief description as to why Jill should shout out this particular Supermom.

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Rachel Bailey is a Parenting Specialist who has been serving families for more than 12 years. Besides being a mother of two, she also has master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, a certification in Positive Discipline, and has provided services as an ADHD Coach, in-home mentor, and therapist. Currently she provides parents with practical (long-lasting) tools for improving behavior, moods, and attitudes in their homes. Jill Devine invited Rachel on the podcast to discuss how to foster resilience in children with big emotions. Almost every family has at least one child with big emotions (and some parents are raising several children with them!). No matter the stage of parenting you’re currently in, you will walk away from this episode feeling inspired and equipped to think about the act of parenting in a much simpler way that leads to less stress AND feeling less guilty, releasing your own “Yuck”, too.

For more parenting tips from Rachel, you can check out her podcast, “Your Parenting Long Game”.

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Sarah Gardner is the Director of Marketing at Joovy, a global leader in premium juvenile, toy, and sporting goods products for babies through toddlers. Sarah is married to the founder and CEO, Rob, and they have three children together. For the last 16 years, Sarah and Rob have raised a business and family together. She’s worked in almost every area of the company over the years and is now leading the marketing team. Sarah spent her early years hiking the mountains of New England, where she fell in love with the outdoors.

She grew up with parents that instilled in her that she could do anything and everything she set her mind to do. She held numerous scholarship pageant titles as a teenager, worked for the World Cup Organization, and has been the driving force behind Joovy’s mission to be good to each other, good to the world, and good to the environment.

Joovy’s new initiative with the National Park Foundation brings awareness to the endangered animals living in the parks, especially the value of teaching our kids to connect to animals. Our kids are the next environmental stewards and as parents, we can empower them to have empathy and concern.

Did you know that the greatest threat to endangered animals is the destruction of their habitat? The best way to help is through education about these animals and their habitat. Please help support endangered animals by shopping Joovy’s National Park Collection. They will donate 5% of your purchase to the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks and nonprofit partner to the National Park Service. It’s never too early to start teaching kids to love animals and the outdoors.

Jill Devine invited Sarah to come on the podcast to talk in more depth about Joovy’s new initiative.

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Joining Jill Devine this week on the podcast is bestselling author Frank Schaeffer:

“When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down our world, the forced sheltering in place with our families opened many people’s eyes to how we were meant to live. The only real “how to” for a happy life is simple and exists in our DNA: a meaningful, loving connection to others. We evolved to feel happiest when caring for others, not when seeking power over them.

As we move forward to a post-pandemic world, there is no better time than right now to rebalance our work and family lives in favor of love and living. In his new book, bestselling author Frank Schaeffer implores us to follow this directive: Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy.”

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As an OB/GYN, Dr. Allison Walsh has spent her career caring for women across generations. Listening to women's struggles with untreated or under treated chronic pain, anxiety/depression, hormonal imbalance, and weight gain inspired Dr. Walsh to seek more comprehensive solutions for her patients' problems. Through this search, Dr. Walsh has become convinced of the importance of a multifaceted approach in treating weight gain; especially during peri-menopause. By integrating traditional pharmaceuticals and plant-based hormone replacement therapy with dietary and behavioral modification, Dr. Walsh has helped many women to overcome the underlying metabolic and hormonal dysfunction that renders sustainable weight loss in menopause seemingly impossible.

She has also seen firsthand the power of the endocannabinoid system and plant-based hormone balancing to relieve pain and dysfunction associated with conditions like anxiety, depression, insomnia, endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, hot flashes, vaginal dryness and sexual dysfunction. Women's Lifestyle Solutions offers personalized coaching and integrative pharmacologic solutions to help women achieve wellness.

Prior to creating Women's Lifestyle Solutions, Dr. Walsh earned her BA at Washington University in St. Louis in Political Science. She completed her MD/MBA at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School respectively. Before joining Obstetrics and Gynecology Care LLC, Dr. Walsh completed OB/GYN residency at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. When not working, Dr. Walsh enjoys cycling, travel and spending time with her two children and husband.

In this week’s episode, Dr. Walsh and Jill Devine chat about Women’s Lifestyle Solutions and women’s health in general.

To make an appointment with Dr. Walsh, call 314.279.6069.

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